Axle-housing.



F. c. DIBBLE.

AxLE HOUSING.

APPLKCATION FILED SEPT.30, 1915.

Patented Feb WTNESSEA'S specification.

FRANK apreciamos HARNEY COUNTY, cancion. 4

' axnsnouslne.

To all whom t may concern.'

' Be it known that I, FRANK citizen ot the United States', and a resident of Harney county and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useiul Improvement in Axle-Housings, ot which the following isa My invention is an improvement in axle housings, and the invention'` has for itsobject to provide `a housing of the character specified, so arranged that 1n case of breakage of a spindle, the broken spindle may be detached and removed and replaced by 'av new spindle in a minimum of time. with the ordinary tools carried by the driver, and without expert attention and withoutthe necessity of providing a new lhousing for dinal vertical section through a portion of 4ig. 3 is tached.

the axle and housing, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ot the spindle detached, and a similar view `of the sleeve de-4 In the present embodiment of the invention, the axle section 1 is provided atits inner end with the usual bevel gearing 2, forming a part of the differential, and at its outer end with a reduced screw threaded portion 3, for engagement by the nuts 4, which hold the wheel 5 in place on the axle. The axle also has a polygonal portion 6 between the threaded portion andthe body of the axle'for engaging the hub 7 of the wheel to constrain the wheel tol rotate with the axle, and the usual dust cap 8- is threaded on to the outer end ot thev hub'inclosing the reduced portion 3, and the nuts 4. The wheel carries the usual brake disk 9, which isan integral portion of the hub.

The spindle as shown in Fig. 2, is a sleeve or tubular casing 10, having its ends externally threaded as shownv at 11 and 12, re-

"spectively, and an annular shoulder or rib 13 is provided on the exterior of the sleeveV nearV the threaded end 11.v The spindle 10 fits over the axle loosely asshowm'and a the spindle.

spindle to the sleeve Ybut permitting kthe j ASpeoic'ationvof Letters 4Patent.

C. DIBBLE, a

` rateatedieb. s, 159516.y

Application f ued september so'7 1915. seriaiNo. 53,351.A

spindle bedetached"v by `turningthe same v in theproper direction. The outer end of the sleeve 14 is beveled externally as indi;

cated 'at 16, and ,the said sleeveis provided with internal annular grooves 17 and 18 near the bevel end, and with openings 1.9 leading from .the said grooves radially... The-heus@ ing 20 for the axle fits 'outside of' theisleeve' 14 closely, and 'is'rsecured to 'thefsleev'e :by

means ofri-vets 21 and 22. The inner heads oi these rivets 21 and 22 arereceived in the annular grooves 17 and.Y 1,8', respectively, and a collar 27 .encircles the housing at the rivets 21,' the said rivets passing throughY the collar and being headed outside of the collar. i l The brake drum 2,3 is secured tothe housing and the ,spindle by means of the rivets 22, the saiddrum having the usual drum portion 24, which -ts over the housing, and" the rivets 22 are passed through this drum portion. A set screw 25y is threaded through place, and for preventing accidental-disengagement thereof. Y

In use, should the spindle become broken or should it be necessary to remove the same for any reason, it is only necessary to release lthe Vdrum portion24, the housing 20, the

the'set screw ,25d and to turn the spindle out. Y from lts position within the sleeve 10. A w

new spindle maybe inserted and threaded into place after which the setscrew 25 is tightened. .The entirev change of spindles can be made 'within a very short time and,

without the userof any other tools than those'v usually carried by the driver. The sleeve 14 at its outer end abuts against the rib 13 as. 'l

shown in Fig. -1.

I claim:- Y .Y 1. In combination with the rear axle andk the housing therefor, of a sleeve held withinY the housing and riveted thereto, said'V sleeve being internallyv threaded at its inner end, a

hollow spindle externally threaded at its ends, one of the threaded portions engaging the internally threaded portion of lthe sleeve,

anda set screw having a lock` nut threaded through the sleeve into engagement with the .'spindle, said sleeve having internal annular grooves, and rivets connecting the sleeve to the housing, the heads of the rivets engaging the grooves, said spindle having an annular rib at the outer end of the sleeve against which the sleeve abuts.

2. In combination With the rear axle and the housing therefor, of a sleeve held Within the housing and riveted thereto, said sleeveV being internally threaded at its inner end, a hollow spindle Vexternally threaded at its ends, one of the threaded portions engaging,

the internally threaded portion of the sleeve, anda set screw having a look nut threaded through the sleeve into engagement with the spindle, said sleeve having internal annular grooves, and rivets connecting the sleeve to the housing, the heads of the rivets engaging the'grooves.

l 3. In combination with the rear aXle and the housing therefor, of a sleeve held Within the housing and riveted thereto, said sleeve 20 being nternallythreaded at its inner end, a

hollow spindle externally threaded at its ends, one of the threaded portions engaging Vthe internally threaded portion of the sleeve,

and a set serevv havingia look nut threaded through thesleeve into engagement with the spindle.

' 4. In combination With the rear axle and the housing therefor, of a sleeve rigidly conneoted WithV lthe housing and internally threaded at its inner end, a hollow spindle inolosing,l the aXle, and having a threaded engagement With the sleeve at the inner ends of the sleeve and spindle, and means for detachably connecting the outer end of the sleeve to the spindle. f

FRANK C. DBBLE. Witnesses:

C. H. VOEGTLY, W. E. BRINGLE.

VGopies of this Vpatent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Y Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. g 

